Combination shoe box and costumer



Feb. :24. 1925.-

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UNITED STATES ZE-BULUN S. FLOYD, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

COMBINATION SHOE BOX AND COSTUMER.

Application filed May 20, 1922. Serial No. 562,307.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ZEBULUN S. FLOYD, a citizen .of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the city of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in a Combination Shoe Box and Costumer; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to a combination shoe box and costumer.

One particular object is to provide a construction of simple, neat, durable and compact form on which the clothing and shoes of the wearer may be placed, rather than on the floor of'the bed room and chairs and the like to add to the tidy appearance of the Another object is to providein a construction of this character a container adapt-' ed to be pushed or rolled from place to place in combination with a foot rest or support and normally held in an elevated position to prevent interference with the rolling of the costumer and depressible to prevent such rolling incidental to actual use.

Still another object is to provide a portable construction having a foot rest or equivalent means normally held in an elevated position by a closure for the container when in a closed position and adapted to contact with the floor when the closure is in an open position.

Additional objects and advantages will become apparent from a consideration of the description following taken in connec tion with the accompanying drawings illustrating one practical embodiment.

In said drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation of the improved device;

Figure 2 is a side elevation;

Figure 3 is a central vertical sectional view particularly through the container on the line 3-3 of Figure 2 showing the closure of the container in closed position;

Figure 4 is a view similar to Figure 3 showing the closure in an open position; and

Figure 5 is a plan view particularly showing the container and having the closure thereof in open position; and

Figure 6 is a detail foot rest. o

Like reference characters designate like or similar parts in the different views.

In reducing the invention to practice, a box or container is provided as at A which may be of any desired shape, preferably closed at its sides ends, and bottom, and partly closed at its top by a wall 10 to which a plate or closure 11 is hinged as at,

perspective view of the 12 to complete the closing of the top and which closure 11 preferably assumes an inclin'ed position as shown, with the end walls appropriately cut away as at 13 to accommodate such disposition. Casters or roll ers 14 may be appropriately securedto the bottom wall of the casing or container A in order that it may be readily moved over a floor,

Rising from the container or supporting body A is a staff or post 15 which isprovided with hooks or equivalent suspending means in any desired number as at 16, in order to constitute a costumer.

Disposed, for instance at an angle as shown and within the container A is a shelf 17 upon which brushes, cloths, or other media used for instance in the cleaning or polishing of shoes may be placed. Said shelf 17 projects forwardly away from the post 15 beyond the hinges 12 and at 18 has an upper section 19 of a foot rest or support 20 pivoted thereto. Foot restor support 20 is completed by a leg section 21 which may be rigid with the section 19 or pivoted thereto as at 22 and slidable through an opening 23 in the bottom of the container so that it may contact with the floor or surface supporting the rollers 14. I

At the rear end of the section 19 a knob or projection 24 may be provided which is overlapped by the closure 11 and adapted to extend into the path of closing movement of said closure 11 so that the closing movement of closure 11 will abut the knob 24, tilt the same on its pivot 18 and raise the supporter foot rest 20 and leg 21 out of contact with the floor.

In using the device or apparatus, various articles of clothing and the like may be suspended on the hooks 16 while the shoes or other articles may be placed within the container A. When the closure 11 is in closed position, its contact with the knob 24 causes the foot rest or support 20 to assume a position with the lower end of leg 21 above the floor or supporting;surface;so; ;as @nottof nterfe're with free rolling of the zlltlleflonl one position to another as may be desired; When the closure 11 is.raised,; tlie wfilghl of A knob 24 is free to move upwardly inasmuch asiclosure 11 has been swung out of engagement therewith. In this position; the section 19 is exposed so that the shoe while on: tlie'footmay rest thereon and be supported as while lacingf or fastening' the shoe '01-; while brushingor polishiiig it. The pres sure of the leg incidental tothe support of; tl1e same andjs'hoeion the "section 19 causes the leg 21 to frictionally bind onthejfioor so as to jprevent rollingor undue movement of the article by j the shoe whein thus: sup- 1' 'supportin'g surface for the article to hold the same stationary, and means adjacent the otli'er'end of said support operative through contact with the closure plateito withdraw p rted, As in understood that changes in the details may be resorted to provided they fall withiiithe" ing surface.-

spirit and scope ofthe invention.

Having thus described the invention, what "1n presence of two v witnesses.

I claim'as new is 1. An article offurniture having a2fo0t support pivoted thereon, and .provided with means engageable with; at, supporting. surface whereby pressure on said 'foot support tends erely one practical embodi nentjhas been illustrated and described, itis'tofbe" to hold the article stationary, a plate hinged- .ilyic'arriedby'said article '01" furniture, and said supportbeii'ig operablethrough contact with the plate to withdraw said means from foot rest is ioperative through contact with the platei to withdraw said means from the supporting surface.

3. An article of furniture having a container, a,closure plate movable relatively thereto, a'shelf within the container, a foot support'pivoted on said sheltand provided with means at o ieend engageable with the the first mentioned means from the support- In testimony whereof I affix my signature 7 p ZEBULUNS. FLOYD -Witnesses:

JOHN-W. BAoKiiR, S. ROBERT MARTIN. 

